Combined curtain-bracket and window-shade support.



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APPLIOATION IILEDDEO. 30, 1913 1,100,839, Patented June 23, 1914,

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COMBINED CURTAIN-BRACKET AND WINDOW-SHADE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Application filed December 30, 1913. Serial No 809,521.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD AGUSTON MARTIN, citizen of the United States, residing at Warren, in the county of Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Curtain-Brackets and VVindow- Shade Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined window shade and curtain supports and more particularly to that class of such devices wherein the shade brackets are adjustable transversely of the window opening to accommodate shade rollers of varying lengths.

The invention has for its object to provide a device of the above defined character wherein the shade brackets employed are slidably movable to adjusted position whereby to support different length shade rollers.

A further object of the invention is to provide an adjustable window shade bracket so constructed as to be frictionally held in adjusted position.

The invention also has as its object to provide a combined window shade and curtain support which will be simple in construction and efficient in operation and which may be easily applied to the face of the window opening. And a still further object of the invention is to generally improve and increase the efficiency of devices of the above described character.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of my improved shade and curtain bracket; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, showing the parts in assembled relation; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 8-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 1 is a detail perspective view showing the shade bracket, the plate upon which it is mounted and the curtain supporting hook, the parts being disassembled, but in proper relation.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 10 designates a supporting member which may be of wood, and which is preferably formed of two adjustably connected sections 11.

The inner extremity of each section is undercut longitudinally adjacent its forward edges to provide shoulders 12, the shoulders of one member being preferably longer than the shoulders of the opposite member.

A resilient sleeve 13 is designed to con nect the inner extremities of the sections 11, said sleeve being bent adjacent its longitudinal edges to form flanges 14 which embrace the shoulders 12 formed 011 the sections. Preferably the sleeve is secured adjacent one extremity, as by screws 15 to the member 11 having the shorter shoulders, the opposite extremity of the sleeve being formed with a reduced resilient tongue 16 adapted to frictionally engage against the face of the opposite section. Thus, the sections may be adjusted longitudinally within the sleeve to either lengthen or shorten the supporting member to accord with the width of the window to which the support ing member is attached, the supporting member being secured to the face of the window casing adjacent the upper extremity thereof, where it is secured in any desired manner, as by screws countersunk in the support. To hold the members 11 at adjustment, a screw 17 may be inserted through the tongue 16, the tongue being provided with a suitable opening.

The supporting member is undercut adjacent its forward edges at each extremity to form relatively wide longitudinally extending shoulders 18, leaving transversely disposed shoulders 19 at the inner extremities thereof. The rear face 20 of the supporting member. co-extensive with said first mentioned shoulders is preferably reduced and undercut along its edges to meet the inner extremities of said shoulders 18, as shown.

Secured to the outer face of the supporting member adjacent each extremity thereof is a face plate 21. These plates 21 are of a width equal to that of the supporting member at its face and are secured thereto in any suitable manner as by a plurality of screws 22 countersunk in the face of the plate, as illustrated in the present instance. One extremity of each plate is designed to project beyond the adjacent end of the supporting member 10, forming an overhanging li 23.

Slidably mounted upon the face plate 21 at each end of the supporting member is a bracket 24. Said brackets are preferablyr formed from suitable resilient sheet metal and each bracket includes a body portion 25 bent adjacent its longitudinal edges to form longitudinally extending and inwardly directed flanges 26 adapted to fit over either extremity of the supporting member, and embracing the adjacent face plate 21, the inner faces of said flanges engaging against the shoulders 18, thereby serving to hold the body portion 25 of the bracket closely against the face plate.

The body portion 25 of each bracket 24 is reduced at one extremity and is bent at substantially right angles to form an outstanding bracket arm 27 formed with a cupshaped terminal 28 having a suitable aperture 29 therein to receive either one or the other gudgeon of an ordinary shade roller, the apertures being different in each pair of brackets.

The body portion 25 of each bracket 18 at its opposite extremity, or in other words, the extremity opposite the arm, is reduced to form a longitudinally extending centrally disposed resilient tongue 30. Each of said tongues is reversely bowed longitudinally and formed, adjacent the body portion 25 with a reduced neck portion 31 and with an outer enlarged head portion 32 disposed to extend in a plane inward of the plane of the body portion 25, said head terminating inan angularly disposed rounded lip 33, disposed to lie in a plane outward of but parallel with the plane of the body portion 25.

The brackets 24 are preferably mounted upon the supporting member 10 with the tongues 30 thereof extending inwardly. As will be readily apparent, said tongues, being resilient, and bowed longitudinally to extend adjacent their outer extremitles 111 a plane inward of the plane of the body portion 25 of said brackets, will frictionally engage the face plates 21 tohold the brackets in adjusted position longitudinally thereof, the extreme inward movement of the brackets being defined by the shoulders 19 formed on the supporting member which engage the flanges 26 of the brackets.

The extremities 23 of the face plates 21 are each provided with a threaded aperture adapted to receive the threaded extremity of a laterally extending hook 34;. Said hooks are designed to support a curtain pole on which may be hung the usual window curtains. It should be noted that said hooks are removable and can therefore be dispensed with if desired, but when in position limit the outward movement of the brackets 24: upon the supporting member 10, preventing the accidental disengagement of the brackets in the adjustment thereof, and insuring against their loss when the devise is' not in use. It should also be noted that the brackets 24: are interchangeable upon the supporting member 10, an advantageous arrangement, since it 1s thereby made readily possible to reverse the curtain roll and consequently the curtain with respect to the window opening. It will, therefore, be seen that I have provided a very simple and effective structure for the purpose set forth. The parts may be readily assembled by simply sliding the brackets 24 over the ends of the supporting member 10, and, as decurtain rolls of varying lengths.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the character described ineluding a support, and a shade bracket slidably mounted thereon and frictimially engaging said support, said bracket being formed with a body portion bent adjacent its longitudinal edges to form longitudinally extending flanges for engagement with said support and formed at one extremity with an upstanding shade supporting arm and at its opposite extremity with a resilient tongue adapted to bear against one face of the support.

2. A device of the character described including a support, longitudinally extending shoulders formed at the extremity thereof, and a shade bracket slidably mounted on the support, said bracket being formed with longitudinally extending flanges for engagement with the shoulders formed on the support and having formed thereon at one extremity an upstanding shade arm and at the opposite extremity a reduced resilient tongue adapted to frictionally engage the supporting member, said tongue being reversely bowed longitudinally and formed adjacent the body portion of the bracket with a reduced neck portion and adjacent its outer extremity with an enlarged head portion adapted to extend in a plane below the plane of the body portion of the bracket, the outer extremity of said tongue terminating in a rounded lip disposed in a plane above and parallel to the plane of the body portion of the bracket.

3. A device of the character described in cluding a supporting member, a face plate secured at one extremity thereof, and a shade bracket embracing said face plate and slidably mounted thereon, said bracket being formed at one extremity with a resilient tongue adapted to frictionally engage the face plate.

a. A device of the character described including a supporting member, and a shade bracket slidably mounted thereon, said bracket being formed at one extremity with a resilient tongue, reversely bowed and formed adjacent the body portion of the bracket with a reduced neck portion and having an outer enlarged head portion adapted to extend in a plane below the plane of the body portion of the bracket to frictionally engage the supporting member, said head terminating in a rounded lip disposed in a plane above and parallel to the plane of the body portion of the bracket.

5. A device of the character described including a supporting member, a face plate secured thereto and overhanging one extremity thereof, and a shade bracket embracing the face plate, and slidably mounted thereon, said bracket being adapted for adjustment longitudinally of said plate, and curtain supports removably secured in the overhanging portion of the face plate, said support when in position being adapted to limit the outward longitudinal movement of the curtain bracket.

6. A device of the character described, including a support formed of adj ustably connected sections having shoulders formed at the inner extremities thereof, a sleeve connected to one of said sections, said sleeve being formed with longitudinally extending flanges adapted to engage the shoulders formed on the sections, and provided with a resilient tongue adapted to frictionally engage the opposite section, and means for holding the sections at adjustment.

7. A device of the character described including a support having its edges undercut being limited in its movement upon the support at the extremities of said plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD AGUSTON MARTIN. Witnesses CHAs. E. Bron, WILLIAM F. DUNCAN.

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